Any advice on how to stop Procrastinating?

Sallymelek

Let's pour down our pieces of advice on how to Stop Procrastinating?

Cuneyd

Sallymelek Some ways I stop procrastinating are

I put away my distractions (phone)
Instead of using my laptop I write my notes on paper
Sometimes I study outside with no technology
I take small breaks whilst long studies
I plan out my studying schedule

Sallymelek

Make a daily schedule or agenda as I've presented it. Of course, you would provide about 2 hours with specific times for subjects or whatever and entitle say 30 min breaks in between.

I implemented this for the trial block and leading up to it. As a master procrastinator and last-minute person, I can confirm that this helped in being more productive.

bobmattew100

Go to the state Library, put your phone in the locker. Or go to any library and dont bring your phone. If that wont work nothing will. Like i can't study at home. Advice on studying at home though, get a tie or rope or whatever and tie yourself 2 your chair. Stops you from getting up and eating 😀

thetestdude

Try to get rid of any thing/object that may distract you. If you study in your room and your phone's with you, put it somewhere else or have someone in your family hide it for you. This also goes for any other entertainment means. You need to have a determined mindset as you start studying, that is, only focus on your HSC subjects. This is your most important year. Fun can definitely wait and you will definitely enjoy your summer holiday much more knowing you have achieved great results and received a great ATAR. 😀

Chelseaaaakane

I put my phone in a cereal box in the pantry and use the Self-control app on my laptop. I have my revision notes on my laptop so self-control was my best option

Also, I recommend you checking out this article written by the AceHSC team, with a list of useful and helpful tools to help throughout your HSC journey and for your exam preparations.

Study Tools Every HSC Student Should Know About

Huseyin

SIMPLE: No technology. Write in your book

Alex-Watson

This might help

Aziza2000

I've been using the Pomodoro technique, where I study in 20 minute intervals and take a 5 minute break between each one. This prevents me from getting burnt out and allows me to get a lot done.

Etho

Aziza2000 Isn't the recommended time 25 minutes instead of 20 lol, idk why I'm fixated on minor detail but ye hahaha

Etho

With me and procrastinating I have a few different methods to decrease the tendency to procrastinate which I have used or still use today. I'll quickly summarise em:

Weekly Planner: Often found daily planners to cause more harm than good. Especially if you know that you socialise a lot during the school week and may not always study every day. Daily timetables are great as it allows you to break your work into chunks, so that you know what you need to do on what day. However, if you decide that you go out on one day and you end up not getting the work done, you'll initially find that you leave things to pile to the next day. Sometimes people will end up getting the work done the next day, but a lot of people seem to procrastinate even more and then it really starts to pile up. This is where weekly timetables are better, in that they are more flexible and you won't feel as bad if you sacrifice a day of study to go out. Pretty simple, just make a table with all of the subjects against the school week and plan it out!
Rewards: Pretty self-explanatory but giving yourself something to look forward to after you study such as a small treat would be a good motivator mechanism. Not something too big like watching TV for 5 hours because you may find that you start to procrastinate again!
Chunking: Breaking big tasks into very small sub-tasks is a great way to remove those thoughts of having too much work to do, and can also reduce procrastination.
Traffic Light Method: If the problem causing your procrastination is more about "where do I start?", then the traffic light method may be of good use. Look at the syllabus and find your strengths and your weaknesses. Highlight them using red (you don't get the concept and you need to go over it again and ask teacher for clarification), orange (you sorta get it but maybe a couple practice questions will help!), or green (you know the concept inside and out, and you'll be able to smash it on the exam).

Although these may not work out for everyone, these are some decent strategies I still use or have used in the past which allow me to stop thinking about procrastination and more about getting work done!
Note better that whilst these tips can be used to alleviate procrastination, these will not ensure high exam marks which is mainly based off exam technique, an unrelated topic. However, these tips can also improve your organisation overall which could contribute to an increase in exam marks.

Hope_Lasts

Etho Ohh greats thanks 😀

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SplashJuice

Forest app works. You can grow a digital forest by being productive!

unclenathan

I LOVE this strategy that my tutor taught me in year 12!

He said:

Whenever you lose the motivation to study (maybe it's been a few hours, or maybe you're just not feeling it), take a 10-minute walk outside, come back to your desk, log onto the NESA website and print a past paper, throw out everything except for the multi-choice questions, set a 15-minute timer and do as many as you can!

This is a super simple, quick way to study across your subject without having to sit there for hours or read through a tonne of notes!

After the 15 mins are up, go back and mark it to see how you did!

Give it a like if this is something you've tried 🙂

Hope_Lasts

Cuneyd Thanks for the advice, I'll try this out